Webinar: Myanmar general election – What does it mean for Rohingya Muslims?

The Rohingya people of Myanmar, a largely Muslim minority, has endured decades of discrimination and repression, and has never been recognized as citizens by the Myanmar government. Not even Aung San Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, in her struggle to make Myanmar a democracy has sought to come to their rescue. Today, almost 750 000 Rohingya live in refugee camps in Bangladesh.

Join the seminar on Zoom.

On 8 November, Myanmar will hold a general election.
Jostein Kobbeltvedt (Rafto Foundation) and Professor
Terje Einarsen (UiB) will in a conversation with
Guro Vestrheim Skeie (UiB) discuss the election results and what it means for the Rohingya refugees and those still in the country.

Terje Einarsen
is a professor at the faculty of law at the University of Bergen. He specializes in human rights and the rights of refugees among other things.

Jostein Kobbeltvedt
is the executive director at the Rafto Foundation. He has long experience working with human rights internationally.

Guro Vestrheim Skeie
is a research assistant at the department of social anthropology at the University of Bergen. She has done research on the LGBTQ+ community in Myanmar.

Photo: DFID Burma on Flickr